Package com.restfb.util

Class DateUtils

java.lang.Object

com.restfb.util.DateUtils

public final class DateUtils
extends Object

A collection of date-handling utility methods.

Since:

1.6

Author:

Mark Allen

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	FACEBOOK_ALTERNATE_SHORT_DATE_FORMAT	Facebook alternate short date format.
static final String	FACEBOOK_LONG_DATE_FORMAT	Facebook "long" date format (IETF RFC 3339).
static final String	FACEBOOK_LONG_DATE_FORMAT_WITHOUT_TIMEZONE	Facebook "long" date format (IETF RFC 3339) without a timezone component.
static final String	FACEBOOK_LONG_DATE_FORMAT_WITHOUT_TIMEZONE_OR_SECONDS	Facebook "long" date format (IETF RFC 3339) without a timezone or seconds component.
static final String	FACEBOOK_MONTH_YEAR_DATE_FORMAT	Facebook month-year only date format.
static final String	FACEBOOK_SHORT_DATE_FORMAT	Facebook short date format.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static DateFormatStrategy	getDateFormatStrategy()	get the current DateFormatStrategy.
static void	setDateFormatStrategy(DateFormatStrategy dateFormatStrategy)	set the DateFormatStrategy.
static Date	toDateFromLongFormat(String date)	Returns a Java representation of a Facebook "long" date string, or the number of seconds since the epoch.
static Date	toDateFromMonthYearFormat(String date)	Returns a Java representation of a Facebook "month-year" date string.
static Date	toDateFromShortFormat(String date)	Returns a Java representation of a Facebook "short" date string.
static String	toLongFormatFromDate(Date date)	Returns a String representation of a date object
static String	toShortFormatFromDate(Date date)	Returns a short String representation of a date object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

FACEBOOK_LONG_DATE_FORMAT

public static final String FACEBOOK_LONG_DATE_FORMAT

Facebook "long" date format (IETF RFC 3339). Example: 2010-02-28T16:11:08+0000

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

FACEBOOK_LONG_DATE_FORMAT_WITHOUT_TIMEZONE

public static final String FACEBOOK_LONG_DATE_FORMAT_WITHOUT_TIMEZONE

Facebook "long" date format (IETF RFC 3339) without a timezone component. Example: 2010-02-28T16:11:08

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

FACEBOOK_LONG_DATE_FORMAT_WITHOUT_TIMEZONE_OR_SECONDS

public static final String FACEBOOK_LONG_DATE_FORMAT_WITHOUT_TIMEZONE_OR_SECONDS

Facebook "long" date format (IETF RFC 3339) without a timezone or seconds component. Example: 2010-02-28T16:11

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

FACEBOOK_SHORT_DATE_FORMAT

public static final String FACEBOOK_SHORT_DATE_FORMAT

Facebook short date format. Example: 04/15/1984

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

FACEBOOK_ALTERNATE_SHORT_DATE_FORMAT

public static final String FACEBOOK_ALTERNATE_SHORT_DATE_FORMAT

Facebook alternate short date format. Example: 2012-09-15

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

FACEBOOK_MONTH_YEAR_DATE_FORMAT

public static final String FACEBOOK_MONTH_YEAR_DATE_FORMAT

Facebook month-year only date format. Example: Example: 2007-03

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Method Details

toDateFromLongFormat

public static Date toDateFromLongFormat(String date)

Returns a Java representation of a Facebook "long" date string, or the number of seconds since the epoch.

Supports dates with or without timezone information.

Parameters:

date - Facebook date string.

Returns:

Java date representation of the given Facebook "long" date string or null if date is null or invalid.

toDateFromShortFormat

public static Date toDateFromShortFormat(String date)

Returns a Java representation of a Facebook "short" date string.

Parameters:

date - Facebook date string.

Returns:

Java date representation of the given Facebook "short" date string or null if date is null or invalid.

toDateFromMonthYearFormat

public static Date toDateFromMonthYearFormat(String date)

Returns a Java representation of a Facebook "month-year" date string.

Parameters:

date - Facebook date string.

Returns:

Java date representation of the given Facebook "month-year" date string or null if date is null or invalid.

toLongFormatFromDate

public static String toLongFormatFromDate(Date date)

Returns a String representation of a date object

Parameters:

date - as Date

Returns:

String representation of a date object. The String is in the form 2010-02-28T16:11:08

toShortFormatFromDate

public static String toShortFormatFromDate(Date date)

Returns a short String representation of a date object

Parameters:

date - as Date

Returns:

String representation of a date object. The String is in the form 2019-06-14

getDateFormatStrategy

public static DateFormatStrategy getDateFormatStrategy()

get the current DateFormatStrategy.

Returns:

the current DateFormatStrategy

setDateFormatStrategy

public static void setDateFormatStrategy(DateFormatStrategy dateFormatStrategy)

set the DateFormatStrategy.

default value: SimpleDateFormatStrategy

Parameters:

dateFormatStrategy - the used DateFormatStrategy